Etymology

robinsonade

rob·in·so·nade
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Today it means: A genre of adventure fiction where a hero is stranded alone on a desert island and has to survive with their own wits. Full definition →

German Robinsonade
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  1. German · borrowed fromRobinsonade
  2. English todayrobinsonade

Borrowed from German Robinsonade, analyzable in English as Robinson + -ade, named after fictional character Robinson Crusoe, from Daniel Defoe’s 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe.

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